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William Wood KC

William Wood KC

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William Wood KC – Brick Court Chambers  Conducting approximately 60 significant disputes every year, Brick Court Chambers' William Wood KC ‘sees the key issues really clearly and helps the parties to stay focused on them.  He's incredibly bright and still at the top of the market’. Wood’s recent mandates include conflicts arising from the Covid 19-pandemic, as well as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; and his sector specialisms encompass insurance, banking, pharmaceuticals, construction, engineering, and oil and gas. Wood is also regularly appointed to mediate conflicts concerning product liability, professional negligence and human rights. Recent mediations include a long-term beer supply contract dispute.
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Bill Wood KC is a leading international commercial mediator.

Bill is a former Mediator of the Year. He is consistently ranked in the top tiers by  Chambers & Partners, Legal 500 and Lexology . His mediation practice includes financial services, IT, pharmaceuticals, insurance and construction as well as human rights and environmental claims. It has taken him,  to Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore, France, Switzerland, Spain, South Africa, Kenya, Mexico and the US as well as to all parts of the UK and the Channel Islands. Recently he has pioneered the use of remote mediation techniques. In all he conducts around 60-70 mediations each year.

Bill also sits as an arbitrator, and arbitrates and mediates for the ICC. He is a founder member of Maxwell Mediators in Singapore.

Bill has served  the ADR representative on the Civil Justice Council and as vice-chair of the Judicial/ADR Liaison Committee. In 2024 he co-wrote the CJC working paper on Compulsory ADR.

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